John Silvia is the senior economist at Wells Fargo Bank: "Private payroll gains continue to be modest and I would say it does raise flags for those super optimists who were looking for a V-shaped recovery and thinking that we are going to go back to normal very quickly in the US.economy."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

And,as Congressman Rush said, they live in very modest means and it was quite a moment to behold."

VOA: standard.2009.04.07

The pact is a modest but important step forward, according to Kingston Reif, at the Washington-based Center For Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

But he said there needs to be a way to provide health insurance to those of modest means.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Professor Neirotti was able to find a youth hostel so the students pay a modest $40 a night compared to other lodging options.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

But at a press conference in Paris, the researchers says it produced only modest results.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

"I was born to a family of modest means.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

It's just kind of overwhelming." The modest Holcomb, a stocky man who sports a beard, said he is not the one who deserves all the credit in his black USA-1 sled dubbed "Night Train."

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

Many North Korea experts see Friday's far more modest wage proposal in the context of a recent thaw Pyongyang's attitude toward the South possibly aimed at boosting economic assistance as the North feels the pinch of international sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

And there are the Disney theme parks. But toward the end of last year, the Walt Disney Family Museum was born in a complex of modest red brick buildings less than a five-minute drive from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26